CAMP TAJI, Iraq- An AH-64D Apache attack helicopter from the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, departs the flight line.
(U.S. Army)
We look at the actual health care reform legislation that could be voted on as early as this weekend; talk with two Iraq War veterans about their experiences; discuss the U.S. intelligence failures that got us into the war, seven years ago; and talk about rock movies and female rock bands, with the release of "The Runaways" this weekend.
Today marks seven years since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. In 2005, two years after U.S. and allied forces entered Iraq a U.S. presidential commission said intelligence that Iraq had WMD's was "dead wrong." The report also cast doubts on the integrity of U.S. intelligence on Iran, North Korea, China and Russia. Seven years later, we're taking a look at how the intelligence community responded and asking what changes they've made in the wake of this massive failure.
Democrats unveiled the full version of the health care bill yesterday, which they hope to pass as soon as Sunday.
As congressmen and analysts dissect it, Takeaway Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich takes us through what is new in this version that might change your mind about supporting, or opposing, health care reform.
The NCAA men's basketball playoffs kicked off yesterday and we've already seen some major upsets. Takeaway sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin joins us with the results and tells us why his, and the president's bracket isn't looking very good.
Today, the widely anticipated girl-band biopic “The Runaways” hits theatres in limited release. It follows the real-life story of Joan Jett and Cherie Currie’s 1970s rock band.
In honor of the film, we look back on our favorite girl band movies of all time with the help of Emily Rems, managing editor for Bust Magazine and Rafer Guzman, Takeaway contributor and Newsday film critic.
Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) has served in the House of Representatives for over 50 years. At the beginning of every session of Congress, Dingell has introduced the same national health care reform bill: the same bill that his father, also a Representative from from Michigan's 15th district, started introducing in 1943. Like most Democrats on the Hill today, Dingell says he's heartened by the current state of health care reform ... though he'll readily admit that the current compromise bill is far from perfect.
We've been taking a look at the census this week as people across the country prepare to send in their forms. We asked you what you wanted to know and got many responses on what it means to check that race box. We also hear from listeners who told us what they'd forego if they didn't have adequate health care.
It's been seven years since the U.S.-led "coalition of the willing" invaded Iraq. We talk with two soldiers who fought in Iraq to find out what has changed on the ground since the war began.
A recent ruling that allows U.S. companies to provide Internet services Cuba, despite the embargo. But Cuban officials say this is a direct threat to the Cuban leadership, claiming that the United States aims to "use these services as a tool of subversion and destabilization."
A story published this week reports that Chinese archaeologists have found nearly-intact mummies of people who lived in a desolate desert in Northwestern China nearly 4,000 years ago. But they were not Chinese. DNA evidence from these long dead people shows that they were in fact of European descent. Also this week, geneticists announced that man's best friend split from the wolves about 15,000 years ago in the Middle East.